Famous Deaths In February - 27
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1167 Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies on February - 27.
1656 On February - 27 johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies
1659 Death of Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609) on February - 27.
1699 On February - 27 death of charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625)
1706 John Evelyn, diarist, dies on this day in history.
1720 On this day in history death of samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)
1731 On this day in history angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76
1733 Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46 on February - 27.
1735 On February - 27 john Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies
1779 Jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59 on February - 27.
1797 On February - 27 benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61
1805 Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1844 On this day in history nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85
1852 On February - 27 joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69
1862 On February - 27 gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23
1881 George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46 on February - 27.
1887 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1892 Death of Louis Vuitton, French luggage maker (b. 1821) on this day in history.
1913 On February - 27 adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58
1920 On this day in history alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72
1921 Schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies on February - 27.
1923 Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1929 Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1932 On February - 27 death of william Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (b. 1843)
1936 On this day in history ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86
1939 On February - 27 nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70
1940 Peter Behrens, German architect, dies on February - 27.
1941 Death of William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (b. 1895) on this day in history.
1942 On February - 27 death of karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52
1943 Death of Kostis Palamas, Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859) on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history hJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen
1947 On this day in history mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89
1950 Ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58 on February - 27.
1952 On this day in history theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74
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